The Good Bad Movie is a simple practice I use to help young people take the scary thought out of their head and put it somewhere they can actually look at it. Imagine the situation as a movie. Give your movie a dramatic title. Make it as terrible as your brain thinks it is... now we can ask some helpful questions!

There comes a point in menopause when it can feel as though you went to sleep and woke up in another vessel altogether. You ask yourself, Do I look totally different? Because I certainly feel totally different. Menopause seems to bring an extraordinary desire for a more meaningful everything - from the company we keep to the conversations we have, the work we do, the way we love, the way we rest and the way we spend an ordinary Tuesday afternoon. But perhaps one of the biggest changes isn't...

You are not to blame for the nervous system that shaped your earliest survival.